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A GARNITURE OF FIVE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE FLUTED AND
‘LOTUS PETAL’-MOLDED VASES
Kangxi
Comprising three slender baluster vases with covers and two gu-
shaped beaker vases, the slender baluster vases with shallow vertical
fluting to the central sections, set between molded ‘lotus petal’
lappets at the feet and shoulders below the tall slightly waisted necks,
all painted in strong cobalt tones with leafy stems with composite
flowerheads that rise and coil to each section, below matching covers,
the gu-shaped beaker vases similarly molded and painted. (5)
baluster vases and covers: 22in (55.9cm) high overall
beaker vases: 19 3/4in (50.2cm) high

$20,000 - 25,000
清康熙 青花花卉紋五供瓶一組五件
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Provenance:
Thomas Benedict Clarke
House Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 8-13, 1921,
lot 759
Rogers Fund, 1921
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1920-present
來源：
Thomas Benedict Clarke 舊藏
House Sale，紐約 American Art Association，1921 年 1 月 8-13 日，
拍品編號 759
Rogers 基金，1921 年
大都會藝術博物館，1920年迄今

Such vessels were exceedingly popular amongst the aristocracy of
Europe and Great Britain and would have been placed atop the stone
or wood mantles that surrounded the fireplaces in the great halls or
entrances of these grand houses.

See a garniture of five similar, though smaller, spirally fluted vases sold
at Bonhams London, 8 November 2018, lot 145.

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